Today Jennifer Greene from the University of Southern Indiana is back with us. Jennifer is going to give us a little more insight on New Harmony, The Harmonist, and there way of life.Episode 2 of 3. Find us on all podcasting platforms.Support our pod

I'm talking with Jennifer Greene today about one of my favorite hometowns in all of America - New Harmony, Indiana. New Harmony was founded by a religious commune nearly 200 years ago and despite the fact that only 700 people live there, is one of the big

Long time listeners will know that weve been all over the country finding stories - from Florida to Washington State, from Texas to Minneapolis. All this time, theres been one at the end of our street - literally at the end of the street, that we haven

Last episode we sat down with Brandon at the Beat Museum in San Francisco to learn more about the Beat Movement and the way it forever changed the way Americans have thought about not only literature but life itself. This episode, we’re going to be looki

In High School I read Jack Kerouacs novel On the Road, like everybody else.So, when we were in San Francisco this past spring we stopped at the Beat Museum downtown, to learn more about the movement Kerouac helped found a half century ago.In this epi

After our episode on the Conquerors Curse, we invited Richard Moreno back to the studio to talk more about the history of the city of Reno. One of the reasons I invited Richard back was to help introduce us to the real Reno, which was known for decades

Some would say the 1956 movie, The Conqueror, was cursed from the beginning. It had a terrible script, an unhappy crew, and a producer, in Howard Hughes, who would soon lose his mind to obsessive compulsive disorder and any number of other unknown menta

This episode will be a little different in that well be taking you deep underground in Virginia City. This is the city where Mark Twain worked at a local paper in his younger years and became the writer we know and love today. Its also the location of o

From the same team that brings you Hometown History, we want to introduce you to Shane's new show Mystery Inc. If you enjoy talking about shady mysteries, Aliens, murder, legends, and of course the occasional tea - then Mystery Inc is the podcast for yo

In this episode, Shane visits the former lumber town of Crescent City, California, right at the edge of the Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park. Among other things, this quiet coastal village is known for having been hit by multiple tsunamis. Join me as I